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(No Model.)

H. RESLEY.

SNOW PLOW.

Patent- 0d J an; 1-0; 1882.

INVENTOR .olll o ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS, FhoRo-Lilhognpher, Wuhinginn, D, C.

PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE RESLEY, OF CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND.

SNOW-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,252, dated January10, 1882.

Application filed September 8,1881. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HORACE REsLEY, ofCumberland, in the county of Alleghany and State of Maryland, haveinvented a new and usefullmprovement in Snow-Flows, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements on my snow-plow patentedOctober 10,

1876, No. 183,207, in which I have shown a scoop having a slightvertical adjustment and bearing a swinging deflector and verticalcutters, with a supplementary removable plow arranged above said parts.1

In the present invention I have dispensed with the supplementary plowand vertical cutters and have made several important improvementsrelating to the scoop,which will be hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of myimproved snowplow; Fig.2, a plan view, and Fig. 3 an inverted plan view.

The scoop A, which is designed to extend downward in front nearly to therailway-track, is supported near its center upon the bumper b of thetruck 13, and has its rear portion or wings, a a, deflected downwardfrom the plane of the forward. portion, a, in order to facilitate thepassage of the snow to either side of the truck. The sides 0 O of theforward end of the scoop are supported by means of the braces c 0,either straight or curved,which connect them with the wings a a of therear portion. I

The deflector D is hinged, in the usual manner, in the center of thescoop, and operated by means of cords or chains d d, which are securedthereto, and are adapted to be wound and unwound respectively bythe'same movement of the windlass E, to which they are connected. Thebraces c c, which are connected to the wings a a, near their point ofmeeting, on opposite sides of the deflector, not only serve tostrengthen the wings, but also support the deflector when the latter isthrown either side.

The forward end of the scoop is supported upon a pair of small rollers,ff, with or without flanges,which are designed to regulate the saidbraces, which are arranged across each other, are loosely connected tothe under side of the bumper by means of slots and bolts, so that thescoop, which rests upon a rounded or beveled bar, M, on top ofthebumper, may-be allowed to rock when it is desired to bring its forwardend nearer to the rails, or in passing over uneven surfaces.

The cords or chains cl 0?, by which the deflector is moved, are alsoadapted for elevating the front end of the scoop by means of a loop, d,which is placed around one of the cords, and a pin, e, on the Windlass,over which the loop is to be passed. With this construction the cord orchain which is held by the loop will be wound in the same direct-ionwith the remaining cord, and thus, both cords being wound by the samemovement, the deflector, which is first drawn to one side to take thestrain off it,will remain stationary for the time,

and the forward part of the scoop will be slightly drawn upward and therollers raised above the rails.

Instead of arranging the deflector as shown, I may sometimes, by hingingit next to the bumper, adapt it for being drawn up by the cords tonearly a perpendicular position, and then drawn to the required lateralposition by one of the cords and let down like a chopper.

For removing snow'three or four feet deep my invention is designed to beattached to a locomotive; butin case of heavy drifts a largersized scoopwill be placed upon a special truck and run in front of a locomotive.

The plow herein described may also be used for removing snow fromstreet-car railways. 0 Instead of the vertical cutters employed in myformer invention I may use an n ri ht su port arranged under the bracesc 0,1f found necessary.

Having thus described my invention, what 5 I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent is- 1: The combination, with the deflector D, of r thescoop A, having its sides 0 O connected to the forward part of its wingsa a by the [O0 braces c 0, arranged on opposite sides of the deflector,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a snow-plow, the combination of the 5 scoop A, the truck B, havingthe rounded bar 0 upon its bumper, and which serves as a rest for thescoop, the slotted braces g g, secured to the under side of the bumper,the rollers f f, and their axle arranged under the forward 1o end of thescoop, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a snow-plow, the combination of the truck B, having bar M, thescoop A, adapted to rock thereon, the cords d d, the Windlass E, havingpin 6, and the loop (1, placed upon one :5

' of the cords and adapted to be engaged with the said pin,substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

HORACE RESLEY. Witnesses:

HOPWELL HEBB, I. B. WIDENER.

